I agree with this, but I think it's a pretty far end point with what we have in radioboss.
The idea behind this is to be able to control exactly which song we go to and leave the batch with.
Events can only be executed via the Scheduler. This way you have a single point of control.
Do you mean slightly change speed of all tracks in the hour to make them end exactly at the end of the hour?
Yes, looks like a good way, to add it to playlist tabs, and allow to show/hide it. Added it to the list for new updates, thank you.
Complete redesign is what I'd like to avoid at all costs. Many people like RadioBOSS for the stability in terms of UI and way of operation, that updates do not break anything. Anything new can be added as an option. The next major update will focus on playlist generator (making more precise playlists) and possibly variable speed/pitch. We'll see where to move from there.
One possibility is to execute events early and insert them based on Start Time. But this approach has multiple issues - another event can be executed, changing start times. Any manual edits in the playlist will also change start times. Currently I don't see any working solution for this
Only manually, Playlist Generator is unable to create exact duration playlists. If you tell it to create 1 hour playlist, it will create a playlist that has 1 hour or more in length, e.g. 1 hour and 15 minutes.
I think the biggest advantage of "RB" is its great flexibility in the time that I've been testing it.
The idea is to start a musical hour exactly on the hour. There is even an institution that announces that a new hour is beginning.
exact!
Yes, the theme of events has its pros and cons the current method. Although I don't love the idea of things appearing and modifying the current list, and modifying it, I understand that redoing that is not a good idea, for the very reason you are commenting. Backward compatibility is a great radioboss virus.
Exactly. The only way to make this work is to be aware that you can't insert events that modify the playlist, but it will be very confusing for many.
Maybe this will not be needed if Playlist Generator will be able to create "exact duration" playlists, and combined with the "time stretch" feature. I'll note "Sweepers" improvement for the future, though - internally RadioBOSS improved a lot in the past updates, so making it select 2-3 sweepers instead of one will not be a big deal to add.
What filters can be added to Playlist Generator to improve it?
Another possible option would be to run events in a separate player. Similar to Overlay Playback, but playing as if it's mixed with the main playlist, without modifying it. We have an idea of changing playlist to a Tree structure, where started events will appear as an expanded tree item, making event bounds more obvious.
The main problem here is that events can start any time. There are lots of features (multiple start times, repeats) that allow events start often. Queuing also depends on what track is playing, e.g. one event with four tracks can start, two tracks played, another event starts - this is really hard to calculate because the number of possibilities is infinite.
It looks like RadioBOSS allows a lot more freedom compared to this approach. Still, there's "Overlay playback" feature that does about the same as you describe.
THIS WOULD BE IDEAL FOR RADIO AND AUTOMATION LOVERS.
More or less, yes. Currently when there are multiple events started, it's not obvious what event ends where, and what event is it. Tree structure is supposed to improve things in that matter.
The most important:
This will certainly be added.
You can create events in the scheduler to make it create playlists when needed.
This will also be added, yes. And day part repetition.
